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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Of Friendship: Letting Go Of Some and Keeping Some For Life

Friendship - when started and nurtured in good faith remains for a long time and even for life. Similar to anybody's life - friendship is tested and a few struggle can end up losing one and ending the relationship.

I value friendship even if it’s still young –
I guess this is one quality inherent in me that even if a person is just a
fresh entry in my life's circle, I always treat them as if they’ve been in my
life from the very beginning. This quality of mine also borders into danger
because some may take advantage of the goodness.

But hey – even then what’s
important is that you’ve been a nice person while you’re in the friendship.

Unfortunately, there were some in
my bloggers’ circle of friends that I need to let go – for individual
differences plus I no longer see respect growing when I stay in it.

But what’s fortunate is that I have
gained sensible and true friends in the blogging world that none in my wildest
fancy could have progressed. The very good thing about it is that I was able to
filter who’s going to stay and let go of those whose life principles isn’t parallel with mine. Let's say differences played the big factor.

The grand culmination of the Kerygma Conference 2013 at SMX Convention Center

But even if I have let go of quite
a few of them, I still wish the best for them. It’s just that in a basket full
of fruits, I just need to take out those which can spoil the morals I’m strictly keeping and those that can potentially shake my core values. Before that
would happen – I need to preserve my moral dignity and disintegrate from the
relationship silently and gracefully.

With the ever bubbly YFC Micah Melecio

Speaking of good friendship I maintained
in the blogging world – here’s one of the many that echoes a positive
impact and vibe to me. Likewise – saying the same for me.

A good friend in and out of blogging - Pao

Last year during my vacation, I really was
uptight in meeting blogger-friends because of an uncooperative schedule. But
this person really took time and travel from a far place just to see me and reconnect after a year of not seeing each other because I'm thousand miles away to even get a chance to share a coffee or watch a good movie with him.

Attending Kerygma Conference won't be as exciting if this young girl is not around

As a matter of fact, I didn't even hope that our meeting would push through since he's really busy with/at work - the fact that he's a newbie in his field and that his work occupied most of his time that taking a good rest is more important than going anywhere or meeting up with me. I had conditioned my mind that the probability of catching up even for few hours won't happen as I hinted it's really out of his schedule. Plus the conflicting free time we each had that time.

Happy to see each other!

But when God answers, He answers a prayer or wish in awesome fashion. Converging and conspiring all the elements in the universe just to make this once in a year moment with a good friend Pao. Though our meet up was really short, but to realize that it's happening in the middle of a conference where practically everyone's in high spirit, nothing can beat the sheer fun and togetherness in the moment. In a span of more or less 2 hours, though Pao hated to leave that early, he was so thankful that he was able to attend a great talk before going back to Calamba. And he's forever thankful of the opportunity. We both agreed that the meeting was so brief yet we're looking forward for another chance this year. Definitely, this coming August it will be a blast for us and the rest of our blogger friends. The celebration of great friendship and camaraderie will continue this year. I'm looking forward until the day comes into fruition.Pao, thank you for the chance - short but worthwhile.

It has long been gone and I have moved on already, na mention lang siya kasi nag filter naman talaga ako ng friends sa blogging world - esp. those who contradict my core values. I just learned to not associate myself - but I just leave the friendship silently and peacefully.

Ouch! Kasama yata ako don sa mga naalis since you are not visiting my blog:)Anyway, good luck to you and it is just normal na maging close tayo sa mga naka inspire sa atin:) Pao is really a nice guy although di ko pa sya nakita in person.

Hahaha, bakit ka nag ouch mommy Joy, you will never be erased in my circle. You're a positive vibe and why would I lose you anyway? hehe. Well, it's true that I just silently went away to some but I still wish the best for them. Don't worry I will visit your blog soon. Nagka catch up pa ako sa ibang blogs and I'm taking it one step at a time - sa pagbabasa hehe :) ang dami na kasi eh hehe

Well said, though I still find meeting new ones exciting, however it is best to screen them so that you won't build a false friendship if you start with those who are not in congruence with values you dearly hold.

About Jay's Journey

Jay is a freelance blogger. - married and a dad to a soon-to-be two kids. A sporty person who loves to play badminton in his free time while still indulging heavily on watching football, swimming, boxing and lawn tennis matches. A member of the Couples For Christ serving as a Couple Coordinator in Singles For Christ (who happens to still have a heart that belongs to SFC). He believes cooking is a passion while photography is an exciting field. A travel go-getter who is dying to try bungee-jumping and sky diving in New Zealand. His exposure to teaching has created in him a love for molding young minds while doing social work. He trusts in the power of written words to INFLUENCE and INSPIRE. He admires Nick Vujicic, Craig and Mark Kielburger, Bo Sanchez, Barrack Obama, and Al Gore. I idolize sport icons like Tim Tebow, Michael Phelps, Alexsander Popov, Ian Thorpe, Lionel Messi, Ronaldo, Kosuke Kitajima